| Kansas's 19th State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 69% White 11% Black 16% Hispanic 0% Asian 1% Native American 3% Other | ||
| Population (2018) | 69,433 [1] | ||
Kansas's 19th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It had been represented by Democrat Anthony Hensley, the former Senate Minority Leader, since 1993; Hensley was defeated by Republican Rick Kloos in 2020. [2]
District 19 covers all of Osage County and parts of Douglas, Jefferson, and Shawnee Counties, including much of eastern Topeka and southern Lawrence as well as Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, and Overbrook. [3]
The district is located entirely within Kansas's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with the 10th, 45th, 47th, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, and 76th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. [4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Republican | Rick Kloos | 16,141 | 51.0 | ||
| Democratic | Anthony Hensley (incumbent) | 15,483 | 49.0 | ||
| Total votes | 31,624 | 100 | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Anthony Hensley (incumbent) | 16,181 | 57.3 | |
| Republican | Zach Haney | 12,068 | 42.7 | |
| Total votes | 28,249 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Casey Moore | 4,238 | 81.3 | |
| Republican | Matthew Windheuser | 978 | 18.7 | |
| Total votes | 5,216 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Anthony Hensley (incumbent) | 16,543 | 58.5 | |
| Republican | Casey Moore | 11,756 | 41.5 | |
| Total votes | 28,299 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Year | Office | Results [6] [7] |
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| 2020 | President | Trump 51.2 – 46.3% |
| 2018 | Governor | Kelly 55.2 – 35.3% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 50.7 – 42.6% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 48.9 – 48.6% |
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